Page 2 - Lotus Mark News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Hazel Chapman, the woman behind the creation of one of the world's most iconic car manufacturers, Lotus, has died at the age of 94.

Hazel Chapman, the woman behind the creation of one of the world's most iconic car manufacturers, Lotus, has died at the age of 94.

How the legendary Jim Clark cut his racing teeth on a Ross-shire airfield May 28, 2021, 5:00 pm Sign up for our newsletter and let our nostalgia team take you on a trip back in time Thank you for signing up to our Nostalgia newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Little did sports car-mad Caithness lad Harry Henderson know that the day he went to Evanton airfield to watch his local hero Jimmy Mackay on the track he’d also witness the man who was to become the world’s greatest racing driver. Fife-born Jim Clark came to Evanton, near Dingwall on several oc...

This week, on May 21 to be exact, Hazel Chapman turns 94. To describe her as merely ‘Colin Chapman’s wife’ is to do her an incredible disservice - in reality she is the co-founder of Lotus, a successful racing driver, a shrewd businesswoman and the rock upon which the Lotus foundations – since 1948, when the very first Lotus car was made – have been solidly built. Hazel Williams was born on May 21, 1927 in North London. She met Colin Chapman at a dance in 1944 when he was just 16 and she a few months older. They immediately hit it off and Hazel could immediately see something specia...

norman lebrecht Message received: LONDON—Born in 1930, Chris Barber was one of the leading figures in European jazz. Together with Kenny Ball and Acker Bilk, he was one of the “Three B’s” who defined traditional jazz in Britain and spearheaded the “Trad” revival of the late 1950s and early 1960s. His interest in jazz began while he was evacuated from London during World War II, and he began collecting 78 records of his American heroes, becoming an expert on the early days of recorded jazz. He formed his first band in London after the war, playing a trombone that ...